Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BARNET (East)

BARNET (East), a parish in Barnet district, Herts; on the Great Northern railway, near Barnet station, 1¾ mile ESE of Barnet. Post Town, Barnet. Acres, with Barnet, 3,185. Real property, £7,690. Pop., 851. Houses, 167 The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester; and till 1866 was united with Barnet. Value, £695.* Patron, the Crown. The church is an ancient structure, in good condition; and belonged to the abbey of St. Albans. There are a national school, and charities £5.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: East Barnet AP/CP       Barnet RegD/PLU       Hertfordshire AncC
Place names: BARNET     |     BARNET EAST     |     EAST BARNET
Place: East Barnet

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